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<span class=large>AMOS</span>
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CHAPTER 6
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Woe to them that are at ease in Zion—Israel shall be plagued with desolation.
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Woe</span> to them <i>that are</i> at <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 123: 4; 2 Ne. 28: 24 (21-24).">ease</a> in Zion, and trust in the mountain of <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/6/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Amos 4: 1.">Samaria</a>, <i>which are</i> named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: <i>be they</i> better than these kingdoms?  or their border greater than your border?
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Ye that put <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 12: 27.">far</a> away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
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That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
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That chant to the sound of the viol, <i>and</i> invent to themselves <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 23: 5; 2 Chr. 29: 26 (25-28).">instruments</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/6/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 136: 28.">musick</a>, like David;
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That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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&#182; Therefore now shall they go <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">captive</a> with the first that go captive, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/6/7b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR revelry.">banquet</a> of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
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The Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> hath <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 22: 5; Jer. 51: 14; Heb. 6: 13; D&C 97: 20.">sworn</a> by himself, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> the God of hosts, I abhor the <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/6/8b" mark="b" type="Q" title="HEB pride; Amos 8: 7.">excellency</a> of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
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And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR people.">men</a> in one house, that they shall die.
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And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that <i>is</i> by the sides of the house, <i>Is there</i> yet <i>any</i> with thee?  and he shall say, No.  Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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For, behold, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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&#182; Shall horses run upon the rock?  will <i>one</i> plow <i>there</i> with oxen?  for ye have turned <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 5: 24.">judgment</a> into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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Ye which <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/6/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 11: 19; D&C 3: 4.">rejoice</a> in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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